unlackeyed

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ lackey +‎ -ed.

Adjective

unlackeyed (not comparable)

  1. Without a lackey or servant.
    • 1785, William Cowper, The Task:
      [] To her, who, frugal only that her thrift / May feed excesses she can ill afford, / Is hackneyed home unlackeyed; []
    • 1843, The North of England Magazine, volume 2, page 385:
      [] the welcome afforded to a lone, unlackeyed traveller.